Info about Approved Artists
As of this year, I've introduced something relatively new to the artist community: to be an approved artist. This does not refer to artists that are already badged, but instead artists that have shown that they understand the basics and are well prepared to make adequate illustrations and images for various purposes around the site. This has technically already been around for some time, as the people we approved to illustrate for The Smog first needed to go through a quality check before they could enter the hidden workshop forum. But seeing how Smogon now has several outlets to distribute articles and information, it's a given that the images that goes along with them must be of good shape in order to make a good impression. Granted, we don't expect professional masterpieces here. As long as you can make decent images that well illustrates the point you were trying to make without containing too many distracting flaws, we're good for the most part.
If you're interested to contribute with your art to Smogon and would you like to see if your art is of good enough quality to warrant becoming approved, make a new thread in this subforum titled with your username, and Bummer or Zracknel will have a look at your application and offer any advice if necessary. But if you have an art thread of your own and it's clear that your art is of good quality, the above two people can choose to approve you directly!
But wait! I'm an approved artist! Does this mean you expect me to start making images on a regular basis?
Nope! Being an approved artist is a position, and not a commitent. If you want to contribute art to some of our more demanding areas of the site, you're now free to do so, but as we're all doing this for free, we simply cannot expect anyone to do this against their will. But we appreciate any help we can get, as we're pretty much always running short on artists.
So what are some of these new areas that open up for me?
Article Workshop - This is a community project that's spanning several years, where users from this very forum join together to write, check, code, and illustrate articles of various subjects. The artists obviously help out with the latter, so if you're interested, just contact Bummer, skylight or Jellicent, and they'll be glad to set things up for you. Once you have access to the hidden workshop area, this thread will be of great importance for you in order to see what articles are in need of art.
Art for Articles - This thread is the Studio's portal to the magical world of Contributions and Corrections (C&C). This project is pretty self-explanatory: there are a multitude of articles that are already on-site, but plenty of them sure could use some improvement by having an illustration to go alongside them! If you want to contribute, just placehold an article in the thread, although do read the OP first to make sure you get a good idea of the project.
Facebook - Plenty of various site updates and analyses are featured on Smogon's Facebook page, and sometimes tose updates could use some art to spice things up! If you would like to volunteer for such tasks, contact tennisace or Krauersaut, or check out the currently open requests that's posted in this thread!
If you're an artist that's been directed to this post to get a better idea of what being an approved artist means, then we thank you for becoming more involved with our community, and we hope that we'll see more of both you and your work around the place! If you choose to help, we'll greatly appreciate it, and we'll definitely seek for opportunities to reward you with an artist or community contributor badge whenever possible. If you have any further questions, just ask me. Have fun! :)
As of this year, I've introduced something relatively new to the artist community: to be an approved artist. This does not refer to artists that are already badged, but instead artists that have shown that they understand the basics and are well prepared to make adequate illustrations and images for various purposes around the site. This has technically already been around for some time, as the people we approved to illustrate for The Smog first needed to go through a quality check before they could enter the hidden workshop forum. But seeing how Smogon now has several outlets to distribute articles and information, it's a given that the images that goes along with them must be of good shape in order to make a good impression. Granted, we don't expect professional masterpieces here. As long as you can make decent images that well illustrates the point you were trying to make without containing too many distracting flaws, we're good for the most part.
If you're interested to contribute with your art to Smogon and would you like to see if your art is of good enough quality to warrant becoming approved, make a new thread in this subforum titled with your username, and Bummer or Zracknel will have a look at your application and offer any advice if necessary. But if you have an art thread of your own and it's clear that your art is of good quality, the above two people can choose to approve you directly!
But wait! I'm an approved artist! Does this mean you expect me to start making images on a regular basis?
Nope! Being an approved artist is a position, and not a commitent. If you want to contribute art to some of our more demanding areas of the site, you're now free to do so, but as we're all doing this for free, we simply cannot expect anyone to do this against their will. But we appreciate any help we can get, as we're pretty much always running short on artists.
So what are some of these new areas that open up for me?
Article Workshop - This is a community project that's spanning several years, where users from this very forum join together to write, check, code, and illustrate articles of various subjects. The artists obviously help out with the latter, so if you're interested, just contact Bummer, skylight or Jellicent, and they'll be glad to set things up for you. Once you have access to the hidden workshop area, this thread will be of great importance for you in order to see what articles are in need of art.
Art for Articles - This thread is the Studio's portal to the magical world of Contributions and Corrections (C&C). This project is pretty self-explanatory: there are a multitude of articles that are already on-site, but plenty of them sure could use some improvement by having an illustration to go alongside them! If you want to contribute, just placehold an article in the thread, although do read the OP first to make sure you get a good idea of the project.
Facebook - Plenty of various site updates and analyses are featured on Smogon's Facebook page, and sometimes tose updates could use some art to spice things up! If you would like to volunteer for such tasks, contact tennisace or Krauersaut, or check out the currently open requests that's posted in this thread!
If you're an artist that's been directed to this post to get a better idea of what being an approved artist means, then we thank you for becoming more involved with our community, and we hope that we'll see more of both you and your work around the place! If you choose to help, we'll greatly appreciate it, and we'll definitely seek for opportunities to reward you with an artist or community contributor badge whenever possible. If you have any further questions, just ask me. Have fun! :)
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Permission to submit for Art for Articles only:
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Cresselia~~
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If approved artists receive an art badge, they're removed from this list, as the badge itself is proof of their skill.
boyvirus
bubblymaika
CBMeadow
Darklatias92
Deomage
Duchess
D_what
Fisdunction
Gloom
h_n_g_m_n
HeaLnDeaL
Hellknight10
HotFuzzBall
Dooger41
Jackii
KAIZA
kazbel
LifeisDANK
Myuu767
nada somos
nov
MewSkitty
monomite
PepperStar
Pipotchi
PixelMoniac_
Rodo
rubs
Sauropod
Scarlet Tea
Ssensenh
shadowbind
tcrfelton
Zebraiken
Permission to submit for Art for Articles only:
TrainerSplash
Cresselia~~
imas
If approved artists receive an art badge, they're removed from this list, as the badge itself is proof of their skill.
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